[26987] in resnet
Re: downgrading back to ios 4.3.5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bailey, John)
Fri Nov 4 13:46:22 2011
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Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 12:38:41 -0500
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>I have successfully downgraded a development iPad that was running a prere=
lease of iOS5, but I've never been able to downgrade a device that went thr=
ough the standard consumer upgrade process. <div><br></div><div>I hav=
e, however, heard of people that have run into performance and battery life=
problems on their iOS devices after upgrading to iOS 5. A few people=
I know fixed the issue by doing a full wipe (back to a clean iOS5 install)=
and then reloading their data from their device backup in iTunes. I =
would recommend you give that a try if you haven't already. Just make=
sure you have everything (especially your contacts) backed up on your comp=
uter before you wipe the device.</div><div><br></div><div>- John</div><div>=
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rmal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 11px; "><span class=3D=
"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: bold; ">John Bailey - Assista=
nt Director, Student Technology Services</span></div></span></span></div></=
span></span></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 11p=
x; ">Washington University in St. Louis - </span><span class=3D"Apple-=
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 11px; ">6601 Shepley Dr. -=
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<br><div><div>On Nov 4, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:</div><br c=
lass=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span class=3D=
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0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-fami=
ly: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I upgraded my iPod touch 3<sup>rd</sup><span cla=
ss=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>generation to ios 5, and it=92s k=
illing the performance and battery life. I want to downgrade back to =
4.3.5, but everything I=92ve tried has failed. I=92ve searched all ar=
ound with Google and YouTube and I have the correct IPSW file for my device=
(iPod3,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw) and have used the Option-Click on Restore=
in iTunes to try and restore back to that firmware, but continually get bl=
ocked by Apple, as it indicates =93device isn=92t eligible=94 for this buil=
d during the =93verifying with Apple=94 phase. I=92ve even modified m=
y hosts file to point to =93alternative=94 IP paths to<span class=3D"Apple-=
converted-space"> </span><a href=3D"http://gs.apple.com" style=3D"colo=
r: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gs.apple.com</a>, and it still doesn=
=92t work. Has anyone successfully downgraded their iThingy back to p=
re-ios5?<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ca=
libri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11=
pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Matthew Walker<o:p></o:p></div><div=
style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bott=
om: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Helpdesk=
Manager<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; =
margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ca=
libri, sans-serif; ">Pomona College ITS<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margi=
n-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; f=
ont-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div>=
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